Galatians 2.21-3.7 (Epistle)

21Ne odbacujem blagodati Božije; jer ako pravda kroz zakon dolazi, to Hristos uzalud umrije.

1O nerazumni Galati! ko vas je opèinio da se ne pokoravate istini? Vi, kojima pred oèima bješe napisan Isus Hristos, a sad se meðu vama razape. 2Ovo jedno hoæu od vas da doznam, ili Duha primiste kroz djela zakona ili kroz èuvenje vjere? 3Tako li ste nerazumni? Poèevši Duhom, sad tijelom svršujete? 4Tako li uzalud postradaste? Kad bi bilo samo uzalud! 5Koji vam dakle daje Duha i èini èudesa meðu vama, èini li djelima zakona ili èuvenjem vjere? 6Kao što Avraam vjerova Bogu, i primi mu se u pravdu. 7Poznajte dakle da su oni sinovi Avraamovi koji su od vjere.

Philippians 2.5-11 (Epistle, Theotokos)

5Jer ovo da se misli meðu vama što je i u Hristu Isusu, 6Koji, ako je i bio u oblièju Božijemu, nije se otimao da se isporedi s Bogom; 7Nego je ponizio sam sebe uzevši oblièje sluge, postavši kao i drugi ljudi i na oèi naðe se kao èovjek, 8Ponizio sam sebe postavši poslušan do same smrti, a smrti krstove. 9Zato i Bog njega povisi, i darova mu ime koje je veæe od svakoga imena. 10Da se u ime Isusovo pokloni svako koljeno onijeh koji su na nebu i na zemlji i pod zemljom; 11I svaki jezik da prizna da je Gospod Isus Hristos na slavu Boga oca.

Mark 6.1-7 (Gospel)

1I iziðe odande, i doðe na svoju postojbinu; i za njim idoše uèenici njegovi. 2I kad doðe subota, poèe uèiti u zbornici. I mnogi koji slušahu, divljahu se govoreæi: otkud ovome to? I kakva mu je premudrost dana? I èudesa takova rukama njegovijem èine se? 3Nije li ovo drvodjelja, sin Marijin, a brat Jakovljev i Josijin i Judin i Simonov? I nijesu li sestre njegove ovdje meðu nama? I sablažnjavahu se o njega. 4A Isus reèe im: nigdje nije prorok bez èasti do na postojbini svojoj i u rodu i u domu svome. 5I ne mogaše ondje nijednoga èuda da uèini, osim što malo bolesnika iscijeli metnuvši na njih ruke. 6I divljaše se nevjerstvu njihovome. I iðaše po okolnijem selima i uèaše. 7I dozva dvanaestoricu, i poèe ih slati dva i dva, i davaše im vlast nad duhovima neèistijem.

Luke 10.38-42, 11.27-28 (Gospel, Theotokos)

38A kad iðahu putem i on uðe u jedno selo, a žena neka, po imenu Marta, primi ga u svoju kuæu. 39I u nje bješe sestra, po imenu Marija, koja i sjede kod nogu Isusovijeh i slušaše besjedu njegovu. 40A Marta se bješe zabunila kako æe ga doèekati, i prikuèivši se reèe: Gospode! zar ti ne mariš što me sestra moja ostavi samu da služim? reci joj dakle da mi pomože. 41A Isus odgovarajuæi reèe joj: Marta! Marta! brineš se i trudiš za mnogo, 42A samo je jedno potrebno. Ali je Marija dobri dijel izabrala, koji se neæe uzeti od nje. 27A kad to govoraše, podiže glas jedna žena iz naroda i reèe mu: blago utrobi koja te je nosila, i sisama koje si sao! 28A on reèe: blago i onima koji slušaju rijeè Božiju, i drže je.

Hieromartyr Autonomus, bishop of Italy (313)

He fled from Italy to Bithynia during Diocletian’s persecutions. In Bithynia he converted so many pagans to faith in Christ that those whose hearts remained hard rose up against him and, while he was celebrating the Divine Liturgy in the Church of the Archangel Michael, slew him at the altar, killing many other worshipers with him. Two hundred years after his death, he appeared to a soldier named John, who unearthed his relics and found them to be completely incorrupt.

Our Holy Father Athanasius the Elder of Vysotsk (early 15th c.), and his disciple Athanasius the Younger (1395)

He was reared in piety by his father, a priest in Novgorod. One day, hearing the words of the Gospel, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me, he renounced the world and entered the Monastery of St Sergius of Radonezh. He became St Sergius’ disciple and, after a few years, became known for his virtue and his knowledge of Scripture. In 1374, with the blessing of his spiritual father, he founded the Monastery of Vysotsk, becoming its first abbot. After heading the monastery for fourteen years, he traveled to Kiev and then, in 1401, to the Monastery of the Stoudion in Constantinople. There he devoted himself to translating books from Greek to Slavonic, sending his translations back to his monastery in Russia. It was he who translated the Jerusalem Typikon and several collections of the writings of the Fathers of the Church, immeasurably enriching the life of the Church in Russia. He reposed in peace in Constantinople.

His disciple Athanasius the Younger was made Abbot of Vysotsk on the elder’s departure for Constantinople, and served as Abbot for eight years, reposing in peace in 1395. He was called ‘perfect in fasting, strong in self-restraint, zealous in prayer, patient in privations and tribulations.’ The Synaxarion says that “He taught his monks to keep careful watch on every movement of the heart so as to drive away every thought displeasing to God.”